Windmill regulator



June 5, 1928.

R. M, MOORE WINDMILL REGULATOR l Filed oct. 1o, 1927 l n vente@ 'Rl/LMD CITE `Patented .lune 5, 1928.

ROSCOMfMOOR, 0F STANEORD, MONTANA.

` WINDMxLL REGLAToR.

ppn'cation ined october` 16,1927. seal No. 225,379.

The present invention is directed to iml provcments in `windmill regulators.

The primaryobject otjthe invention isto provide a device oi this character so coii-v stri'icted that the windmill will be automatically thrown out ot operation when a tank is Atilledand will automatically throw the windmill into operation when the water drawn from' the tank.

Another object ot the invention is to' provide a device of'this characterA wherein a .supply oi water will be maintained in a service tank tor a dwelling and` a water trough tor stock.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind whichis simple in construction, eflicient in operation, and one which can be `installed ata minimum cost.

In the accompanyingdrawing: e

Figure 1 is `an elevational View of the device. y i

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view through one of the valve casings. I

Figure 3 is a detail sectional view through the pump coupling on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates a pump having the usual sucker rod 2-which is connected with a windmill in any approved manner and operated thereby. A part of the windmill frame is indicated by the numeral 3 and has pivotally `connected thereto a lever 4, which has secured thereto the lower end of a wire 5 leading from the windmill controlling head, not shown, there being a bucket 6 suspended upon said lever, the purpose of which will be later explained.

A tank 7 is located in a dwelling while the tank 8 is located conveniently for containing a supply of water `for stock, water from the pump 1 being supplied to the tanks 7 and 8 through branch pipes 9 and `10 which are in communication with a main supply pipe assemblyll. `The pipe assembly has connected thereto adjacent the bucket 6, a siphon 1Q. which is connected with the bucket 6 by a rubber hose 13.

,Connected with the pipo assembly 11 at a point below the branch 10 is a rubber hose lftwhich has carried thereby a coupling 15 forengaging the spout of the pump 1, said coupling having a yoke16 carried thereby tor embracing the spout, said yoke having a set screw 17 thereon operating to hold the coupling firmly clampedupon the spout.

The branch pipes 9 and 10 extend over lthe respective tanks'fand S and are provided with 'casings 18 which are identicalin construction and are provided with sea-ts 19 and engaged with said seats are disk valves Q0 having the bosse-sill depending therefrom. Levers 22 are pivotallyconnected, as at Q3, `to the casings, andhave their outer ends provided with -ioats 24e.

i The 'inner ends of `the levers are provided withlugsQadaptedto engage the bosses 20j. as the water levelin the tank recedes."`

Briefly, the operation is as follows: Then the tanks 7 and Sare nearlyfilled with water levers 22 will be in the positions shown in Figure 1, and at which time the valves are seated, the water will then flow through the siphon 12 into the bucket. As the windmill continues to operate water will continue to flow into the bucket until the weight thereof is sufficient to move the bucket downwardly to the position as in Vdicated in dotted lines in Figure 1, whereupon the lever 4 will be swung downwardly and will pull upon the wire 5, thus stopping the windmill and simultaneously the ump.

When the level of the water in the tank or tanks recedes the levers 22 will rock to cause the lugs to engage the bosses 20, thus opening the `valve which creates a` siphonic action in the siphon 12 to draw water `from thecbucket, thus reducing the weight thereof, whereupon the bucket` will move upwardly until it assumes the full line position, thus placing the windmill again in operation. This operation is repeated until the tank, or tanks, vis again filled.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. In a windmill regulator, the combination of a pipe assembly, branch pipes leading from the assembly, tanks disposed adjacentthe branch pipes, and having valve casings carried thereby, valves mounted in thecasings, levers pivotally connected to the casings, and having floats carried thereby, a Siphon connected with the pipe assembly, a bucket, a flexible connection between the bucket and Siphon, a lever carried bythe pended." a hose connecting the windmill pump and pipe assembly, said levers having floats thereon for operating the valves of said casings when water recedes in the tanks to operate the Siphon to draw water from the bucket, as and for the purpose set forth.

windmill and upon which the bucket is susi 2. In a Windmill regulator, the combination of a pipe assembly, a tank for receiving Water from the assembly', a branch pipe leading from the pipe assembly to the tank and having a valve casing carried thereby, a valve in the casng, a float controlled `lever carried by the caslng for controllin the operation of the valve, a siphon connected with the pipe assembly, a bucket supported bythe windmill, and having `communication with the sf lion, a connection between the pipe assemb valve being operable to create a suction within the siphon to control the operation of the bucket to regulate the operation of the windmill pump.

3. In a Windmill regulator, the combination with a tank, of a pump operable by the Windmill, a lever associated with the ly and windmill pump, said` windmill for controlling the movement thereof, a bucket supported `upon the lever, aA pipe assembly including a Siphon, a hose conneetllg the eiphon and bucket, a second hose having a coupling upon one end for connection with the pump and having its other end connected `with the pipe assembly, a branch pipe leading from the pipe assembly to the tank and having a casl carried thereby, a valve in the casing, a` oat controlled lever carried by the casing for oper-` ating the valve when Water is drawn from the tank to place the si hon in operation to draw Water from the ucket to relieve the weight thereof to actuate the first named lever, as and for the .purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature.

ROSCOE M. MOORE. [1.. s.l 

